CPC Staff
Dr. Tim Ezzell serves as director of the University of Tennessee’s Community Partnership Center. He holds a BA in history from Auburn University and graduate degrees in history and urban and regional planning from the University of Tennessee.
He has worked extensively with communities throughout East Tennessee promoting sustainable growth, asset-based economic development, and citizen-driven planning processes. He has served as primary author of numerous reports and studies, including Little River, Big Future - one of the largest participatory watershed planning processes undertaken in the United States.
His project sponsors include the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, and the Alcoa Foundation.
Contact info: tezzell@utk.edu; 865-974-9036
Eric Ogle is CPC’s Program Coordinator. He has worked in the Marketing Communications department of the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville and formerly served as Director of Tourism for Cocke County, Tennessee. He has also worked on a comprehensive plan for the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee and a sector plan for North Knoxville. He has performed cluster analyses and associated research for Chattanooga Area Regional Council of Governments (CARCOG) that helped determine future strategic direction of a 14-county region. Recently, he also developed programs and agendas, hosted visitors, and taught international participants for two of the University of Tennessees International Sustainable Development Training programs.
His research interests include the development of sustainable eco-tourism, economic development, and the diffusion of mobile information technology into rural and distressed communities.
Contact info: eogle@utk.edu; 865-974-4562